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Hakea cygna subsp. needlei Lamont

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Reference
J.Linn.Soc.,Bot. 94:440 (1987)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Not Current

Shrub, 0.5-2 m high. Fl. white-cream/yellow, Aug to Sep. Sand over laterite, sandy gravel.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 June 2003
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves alternate, 20-50 mm mm long, 1-1.5 mm mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire. Inflorescences axillary, cream; pedicels 2-5 mm long. Perianth 4-6 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 5-7 mm long, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles 20-27 mm long, 12-20 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 12-20 mm long (including wing), 7-8 mm wide, the wing continuous. Flowers in August or September. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).